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Owen Wednesday? What's that? Everybody knows you never take any pictures of the second child.

While we wait for me to get off my ass, here's something I didn't know about breastfeeding before I did it. Yes, you absolutely will have considerably enhanced boobs, which for some of us means the only chance in life to actually have boobs plus some once in a lifetime cleavage. However, those rocking boobs and awesome cleavage will look like a textbook illustration of Your Circulatory System. Huge, prominent, highly-visible, purple veins. Seems making milk requires extra blood flow.

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Ahhh, the "roadmap of veins"... We talk about this in the breastfeeding class I teach. And yes, it IS because our bodies DO need more blood supply to make milk. Also, the veins usually form and make themeselves known during pregnancy, so even the non-nursing mamas get to experience this phenom! =)

You think that's sexy and disgusting, just wait until you are done nursing. You're on a whole new level. "The girls" as I like to call them, get a little um, how do I put this . . . depressed? It's the second child that sends them over the age. Suddenly the perk is gone and they can't look anyone in the eye anymore. I was watching something, Dr. 90210? Nip/Tuck?? Can't remember, but anyhoo they were saying if you can hold a pencil under your boob, you need a lift. A pencil? Seriously? That's it? Dude, I've got my purse, the dry cleaning, two bags of groceries and the four year old under there. How do you think I get the clean laundry up the stairs in one trip? So enjoy the purple voluptuous-ness while you can. It only gets worse. Gee don't you just love honesty from total strangers? Wanna be friends?